Seminars & Events

Seminars & Events

Maitland offers speakers for client training programmes and regularly hosts seminars on topics of interest in all our practice areas.

Our events cover all our areas of specialist expertise including: civil fraud, commercial litigation and arbitration, company and partnership, insolvency and asset recovery, offshore and trusts, real estate, professional negligence, banking and financial services, cryptoassets, media and entertainment, charities, and litigation procedure.

Our very popular junior seminar series is attended by solicitors in their early years of practice. 

Our barristers and clerks also regularly attend overseas conferences and events. 

Please email Emma Williams for further information or to be added to our mailing list.

LIDW: 20 Years of the CBIR: the Perks and Pitfalls of Cross-Border Insolvency Recognition

Date: Wednesday 3 June
Time: 9am - 10.30am
Venue: Royal College of Surgeons, 38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE

Part of London International Disputes Week

Please join our exceptional panel for a practical, frank and multi-jurisdictional discussion of the advantages and difficulties of cross-border recognition of insolvency proceedings. Representatives from Maitland and Stephenson Harwood will be joined by Sarah Latham of Ogier BVI, with tips and tricks from the Caribbean, and David Standish of Interpath, to offer up an IP's perspective.

Cross-border recognition is a critical stage in international dispute resolution involving insolvency proceedings. England's adoption of the Model Law via the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulation in 2006 transformed the landscape domestically but traditional common law recognition remains alive and well, sitting alongside other statutory gateways to provide insolvency practitioners with a flexible toolkit to remedy wrongdoing in multi-jurisdictional insolvencies. Our event will offer comparative discussion of the processes in the BVI and England, with our experienced panel discussing how they have utilised recognition processes globally as part of their dispute resolution strategy.

Speakers

  • Catherine Addy KC - Maitland Chambers
  • Rowena Page - Maitland Chambers
  • Sarah Latham - Ogier
  • Tal Goldsmith - Stephenson Harwood LLP
  • David Standish - Interpath

Member Hosts

  • Maitland Chambers
  • Stephenson Harwood

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LIDW: Cross-Border Litigation in an Increasingly Uncertain World

Date: Wednesday 3 June
Time: 9am - 10.30am
Venue: LK Law LLP, 33 Black Friars Lane, London , EC4V 6EP

Part of London International Disputes Week

Geopolitical tension, economic fragmentation and expanding regulatory regimes are reshaping the landscape of cross-border litigation.

Big ticket disputes that were once driven primarily by commercial considerations are increasingly influenced by political and societal dynamics, sanctions regimes and competing legal frameworks.

This panel brings together practitioners from England and the United States to examine how global uncertainty continues to transform international dispute resolution and how practitioners and systems are responding.

The discussion will explore the rise of strategic litigation and “lawfare”, including the use of court proceedings to advance (or attack) political or reputational objectives.

The panel will also consider the growing challenges surrounding the enforcement of judgments and awards in a fragmented legal environment, the resulting implications for asset recovery strategies and the weaponisation of financial and regulatory systems, including debanking, asset seizures and the use of cryptocurrency to evade sanctions.

Drawing on perspectives from multiple jurisdictions, the panel will provide practical perspectives for practitioners handling complex cross-border disputes in an increasingly uncertain global environment.

Speakers

  • Amy Harvey - LK Law LLP
  • Adam Flacks - LK Law LLP
  • Sam Ormonde - BRG
  • Caley Wright - Maitland Chambers
  • Anden Chow - MoloLamken LLP

Member Hosts

  • LK Law LLP
  • BRG
  • Maitland Chambers
  • MoloLamken LLP


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LIDW: Litigation in the British Virgin Islands: a Judicial Perspective

Date: Wednesday 3 June
Time: 11.30am - 1.00pm
Venue: Royal College of Surgeons, 38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE

Part of London International Disputes Week

At this event the Hon. Justice Gerhard Wallbank (Ag) will be speaking on the BVI as an offshore jurisdiction, touching on the work of the Commercial Court, the role of the judge, and the position of the BVI in a wider context. This event offers practitioners an insight into a jurisdiction of considerable global importance.

Justice Wallbank is a Kings Counsel of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. He recently retired as a full-time judge of the ECSC, having served as the longest serving Judge of the Commercial Court in the Virgin Islands. He is currently sitting on a short term basis.

This will be a hybrid event; remote attendance will be possible, and Justice Wallbank will be speaking by video-link.

Speakers

  • The Hon. Justice Gerhard Wallbank (Ag)

Member Hosts

  • Maitland Chambers
  • Appleby


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LIDW: Suing the DAO: Jurisdiction, Collective Investment Schemes, and the Reality of Crypto Governance

Date: Wednesday 3 June
Time: 2.00pm - 3.30pm
Venue: Royal College of Surgeons, 38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE

Part of London International Disputes Week

Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) claim to operate without central control, legal personality , or jurisdiction. But when tens or hundreds of millions of dollars disappear, someone, something, somewhere must be sued.

This panel examines how DAOs operate in practice, how they are characterised in litigation, who can be sued, where, on what causes of action, and how courts are responding. It will also look at whether they may constitute collective investment schemes under section 235 FSMA.

Are DAOs general partnerships? Foundations? Trust structures? Or simply unincorporated associations with a marketing problem? When will the law catch up?


Speakers

  • Ashley Fairbrother-Partner-EMM Legal
  • Nicholas Peacock KC- Maitland Chambers
  • Nicholas Leah- 3 Hare Court
  • Susana Esteban-Managing Director-FTI Consulting

Member Hosts

  • Maitland Chambers
  • 3 Hare Court
  • FTI Consulting


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LIDW: From SWIFT to Stablecoins: Litigating the New Payments Ecosystem

Date: Wednesday 3 June
Time: 2.00pm - 3.30pm
Venue: Freshfields LLP London Office, 100 Bishopgate, EC2P 2SR

Part of London International Disputes Week

The panel will address the increasingly complex world of disputes arising from modern cross-border payments. The discussion will move beyond traditional systems to confront the challenges created by new payment rails, from instant bank transfers to digital assets like stablecoins and CBDCs. Panellists will debate the escalating issue of liability for Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud and its digital equivalent in the crypto space. When a payment is irrevocably sent to a fraudster, who bears the loss: the sending or receiving bank, the crypto exchange, social media companies, the customer or someone else? The session will also explore the cutting edge of litigation: the unique challenges of tracing and recovering digital assets across public blockchains, the use of innovative legal tools like freezing orders against "persons unknown," and the jurisdictional chaos that ensues when assets cross borders on decentralised networks.


Speakers

  • Emma Probyn-Partner, Freshfields LLP
  • Thomas Clark-Partner, Freshfields LLP
  • Eoin MacLachlan-Maitland Chambers
  • Nuala Jackson-Director for Payments, UK Finance
  • Adrian Morris-Associate Director, Digital Asset Recovery Team Grant Thornton UK LLP

Member Hosts

  • Freshfields LLP
  • Maitland Chambers


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LIDW: London 5k run

Date: Thursday 4 June
Time: 8:00am - 10:30am
Venue: Maitland Chambers, 7 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, London, WC2A 3SZ

Part of London International Disputes Week

We will be hosting a morning 5k run in central London, meeting at 8am in Lincoln’s Inn, running along the Thames seeing some of the sights in London and finishing back for some coffee and pastries. It will be a social run, welcoming for all abilities, and aimed at having an energising start to the day!

Speakers

  • Alex Lepretre - Associate (competed at international level, representing England at 5k, 10k and half-marathon distance, and finished 12th in the elite field at the London marathon 2024) - Blake Morgan LLP

Member Hosts

  • Blake Morgan LLP
  • Maitland Chambers


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LIDW: Networking breakfast: The City and the World - London’s role in the settlement of cross-border disputes at The National Liberal Club

Date: Thursday 4 June
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Venue: The National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HE

Part of London International Disputes Week

Join Gateley and Maitland Chambers for a networking breakfast during London International Disputes Week, hosted at the historic National Liberal Club.

The theme of the event, in keeping with that of LIDW, is “The City and the World: London's role in the settlement of cross-border disputes” and will feature guests from the fields of insolvency, cross-border fraud, Ultra-High Net Worth disputes, construction and investor-state dispute settlement, as well as counsel and other dispute professionals from a range of jurisdictions.

The networking event will feature brief remarks from senior policy makers representing both London and the World.

Speakers

  • Senior policy makers from the United Kingdom and foreign government

Member Hosts

  • Gateley Legal
  • Maitland Chambers


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LIDW: Two Sides of the Same Fraud: Claimant and Defendant Strategies in Civil Litigation

Date: Thursday 4 June
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Venue: Maitland Chambers, 7 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London, WC2A 3SZ

Part of London International Disputes Week

An experienced panel of speakers will discuss the strategies which they have employed, and seen employed, in furthering the position of both claimants and defendants in civil fraud litigation.

Speakers

  • George Hayman KC- Maitland Chambers
  • Rosanna Foskett- Maitland Chambers
  • Caley Wright- Maitland Chambers
  • Nick Jones- Partner-Enyo Law
  • Katie Marquet-Horwood- Partner- Enyo Law


Member Hosts

  • Enyo Law
  • Maitland Chambers


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LIDW: Fraud, asset tracing, and the recovery of digital assets through transforming civil remedies and office-holder powers

Date: Thursday 4 June
Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Venue: Wedlake Bell, 71 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4AY

Part of London International Disputes Week

The session will consider how the civil fraud toolkit and insolvency office holder powers can be used in practice to identify, trace and secure cryptoassets and other digital property, including through urgent interim relief and targeted third party disclosure. It will also look at the practical challenges posed by self custody, exchanges and cross border elements, and how practitioners are navigating them. The panel will draw out key strategic lessons and common pitfalls from recent experience.

Speakers

  • Edward Starling-Partner-Wedlake Bell
  • Darragh Connell-Barrister-Maitland Chambers
  • Patrick Martinez Brown-Associate-Wedlake Bell


Member Hosts

  • Wedlake Bell LLP
  • Maitland Chambers


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LIDW: Blue Sky thinking - navigating the difficulties of recovering billions of pounds worth of crypto assets

Date: Thursday 4 June
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Venue: Maitland Chambers, 7 Stone Buildings, London, WC2A 3SZ

Part of London International Disputes Week

Join our team for an informative update on the Blue Sky case as we explore traditional legal approaches, trust issues and transformation opportunities for the tracing and recovery of digital assets obtained as proceeds of crime.

• The interaction between POCA and digital asset fraud

• Crypto asset tracing methodologies

• Conflict of laws issues

Speakers

  • Ryan Rubin-Senior Managing Director-Ankura
  • Stephen Cartwright-Director-Fieldfisher
  • William Glover-Barrister-Fieldfisher
  • Darragh Connell-Barrister-Maitland Chambers


Member Hosts

  • Ankura
  • Fieldfisher
  • Maitland Chambers


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LIDW: Trusting the data: why London leads the future of global dispute resolution

Date: Thursday 4 June
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Council Chamber, The Law Society of England and Wales, 113 Chancery Ln, London, WC2A 1PL

Part of London International Disputes Week

A panel discussion exploring what the data tells us about London’s position as a leading global dispute resolution hub.

As competition between jurisdictions intensifies, global businesses need reliable dispute resolution systems that prioritise digital dexterity, procedural efficiency and legal certainty. Increasingly, the data shows their preferred venue is London.

In this panel discussion, members of the judiciary, business and legal communities will explore this highly competitive market through the lens of data analysis from the UK courts. The discussion will focus on what this means in practice for those advising on and managing cross-border disputes – including how to support client decision making and strategic positioning.

The discussion and Q&A will be followed by a business networking reception, hosted by the Law Society. Here you'll have the opportunity to build your international network and connect with stakeholders within the domestic and international legal sector.


Speakers

  • Charlotte Hill - Dispute Resolution Partner (Chair) - Penningtons Manches Cooper
  • Flavia Baldotto-Head of Customer Success - Solomonic
  • The Honourable Mrs Justice Dias DBE - Judge of the Commercial Court
  • The Honourable Mr Justice Waksman – Judge of the Commercial Court and of the Technology and Construction Court
  • Maria Mulla – Barrister - Maitland Chambers


Member Hosts

  • Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
  • The Law Society of England and Wales


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